R help - Jun 2012 - reading xls files using read.xls and xlsReadWrite

Dear R list,
I am trying to read in .xls files.  I have tried using package 'gdata',
I
get the following error.
> dataset <- read.xls("June.xls")
Wide character in print at
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.14/Resources/library/gdata/perl/
xls2csv.pl line 262.
Seems like this is a problem coming from Perl?

I tried to install package 'xlsReadWrite', it does not show up on my
list
of packages.

I am using a Mac.

Thanks,
Bob

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I don't know much about gdata, but I can tell you that there is still no 
version of xlsReadWrite on Mac (unfortunately). xlsx works well, though, 
on both Mac and Windows.

HTH,
Ivan

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Le 13/06/12 15:05, C W a ?crit :
> Dear R list,
> I am trying to read in .xls files.  I have tried using package
'gdata', I
> get the following error.
>
>> dataset<- read.xls("June.xls")
> Wide character in print at
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.14/Resources/library/gdata/perl/
> xls2csv.pl line 262.
> Seems like this is a problem coming from Perl?
>
> I tried to install package 'xlsReadWrite', it does not show up on
my list
> of packages.
>
> I am using a Mac.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
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